Are the seeds from apples and apricots toxic to your pets?  I hear this a lot…in fact the myth is so prevalent that people don’t even want to feed whole apples to their horses! Yikes!

So let me alleviate your fears…not only are apple seeds, apricot seeds safe they have a CRITICAL and rare vitamin that is low in all species diets now and we are all paying for it severely. This vitamin is Vitamin B17 or Amygdalin. B17 used to exist in the flesh of most fruits, veggies. legumes and some grains but because it makes the food bitter we have essentially bred it out of our produce and now the only place it still is existent is in the seeds of SOME fruits, veggies, legumes and plants.

Vitamin B17 IS IMPORTANT FOR KILLING CANCER CELLS IN THE BODY! So by not allowing our pets access to these types of foods we are essentially robbing them of their ability to control mutated cells/cancer!

That’s a big deal! So why did they get such a bad rap?

Well…because the molecular structure of B17 contains Cyanide…BUT it is not free floating cyanide that can hurt…it is BOUND in a molecule and does no harm to the body quite the opposite. Think of salt…salt is made up of Sodium Chloride…when bound in this molecule to make table salt it is not only harmless but it is also necessary to our health. However, you take only Chlorine and we all know this is VERY TOXIC…so knowledge is everything.
I can tell you from first hand experience…as a kid I used to sit under the Apricot tree and eat dozens of apricot kernels – and I can assure you I’m alive and well!

So next time someone tells you that apple seeds are toxic please tell them to go and do some research because they are missing out on a MAJOR vitamin that could literally cost them their life and their pet’s life for omitting.

One last thing…in the wild horses will eat the whole apple – yup seeds and all – in fact they will eat lots of plants rich in B17! We have so much to learn from our animals problem is we think we know so much better